Monday, October 7, 2013

Page #32

“I
need to know something about the two men I am aligned with.” Kota said as he
knelt down in front of Atlas his master looked up with a bit of intrigue. “What
have you stolen from them? You have my soul but what did you take from them to
force them to obey your every command.” Kota looked Atlas dead in his bloody
red eyes. “That is none of your business Kota and I wouldn’t tell you simply for
asking. If they want you to know they will tell you but I wouldn’t suggest you
ask them either. If you all survive they may tell you on their own.” Atlas’
eyes and smile narrowed he was enjoying watching Kota’s curiosity and
frustration grow. “Thank you for your time Master… One more thing master may I
ask you to charge a mage stone for me.” Kota removed one of his pieces of
quartz from his gauntlet and handed it to Atlas. The demon looked at the stone
for a moment then squeezed it between his claws. A dark light surrounded his
claws as the quartz absorbed the energy. “I’ve never done this before so I have
no clue what will happen if you decide to use this.” Atlas said handing the
stone back to Kota the once clear quartz had turned black. “I have a hypothesis.”
Kota said as he exited.

…

With the arena full of Atlas’ guests Kota walked
out on the field followed by Azelf and Victor. Kota looked into the crowd many
were grotesque monsters he assumed were other demons and some were vampires but
toward the V.I.P. section next to Atlas Kota could make out a few humans. “Get
your head in the game human any moment now three men are going to charge the
field trying to kill us.” Kota turned and saw Azelf take off his mask and put
in his pipe. Kota felt the pressure from the demon stone in his pocket, his
hatchet at his hip and his arm in his gauntlet. Kota looked at Victor he had a
book out and was going over his spells his staff at the ready. At that very moment a young woman flew down
from Atlas’ booth on a pair of bat wings. “Good evening ladies and gentle
monsters. Welcome to the four hundredth annual Atlas Cain Bloodbath. This
year’s challenger is a plucky human boy named Kota. He has chosen from last
year’s top contenders and chose Victor the Labyrinth Mage and Duke Azelf of the
Vampires as his comrades for this year battle. Anyone who witnessed last year’s
Bloodbath knows how strong these guys are. With seven days of battle ahead I
wonder how long these three hope to last. Without further ado let’s bring out our first
team of challengers Team Spirit."